Fodor's Expert Review Blairscove House

Set on the northwesterly side of Mizen Head, directly across from Schull, this elegant Georgian house offers a variety of self-catering options and sea views. The four options, the piggery (sleeps 4), loft (sleeps 2), the coach house (sleeps 2), and smokehouse (sleeps 3) are individually designed and accessible from a cobbled courtyard. A remote seaside cottage (12 km south on the peninsula) is also available to rent. All rooms are equipped with in-room self catering facilities and all but the smokehouse offer calming sea views, some with floor-to-ceiling windows with a panorama across Dunmanus. The old barn is a fine dining restaurant where guests can sample the best of west Cork produce in a stunning, almost Gothic sandstone backdrop, with exposed beams, and a giant, inglenook fireplace that keeps the coast chill at bay.